Re: /etc/issue in slink
In debian.development, you wrote:
>I have just upgraded my machine to slink, and noticed that the
>/etc/issue file now says Debian GNU/Linux slink .... However, I can
>see this becoming confusing to the majority of Debian users (as
>opposed to developers) who may not easily know that slink=2.1,
>potato=2.2 etc. Why not have the message:
>Debian GNU/Linux slink (2.1) ... or
>Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 (slink) ...?
Simple. Slink isn't 2.1 yet, and potato isn't 2.2 yet.
As of right now you have to specify 'slink' or 'frozen' to get slink, so
ordinary users don't ever run into this issue.
Of course, it will be changed before release. If you want to make 100% sure
this is done, feel free to file an important bug against base-files.
Seeing as they've gotten it right for every release yet, I don't think it's
worth worrying about.
--
Robert Woodcock - rcw@debian.org
"Unix and C are the ultimate computer viruses" -- Richard Gabriel
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